Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,831 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Ernest R. Dickerson
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Ernest Roscoe Dickerson (1951- )
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Lincoln J. Ragsdale Sr. (1926-1995)
Walter Peyton Manning
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Walter Peyton Manning (1920-1945)
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Benjamin Bradley (1830-?)

Explore Global African History

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Ngugi wa Thiong’o (AKA James T. Ngugi) (1938- )
African in Golconda, India, 17th century
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Islam and the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World
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(1990) Nelson Mandela, “We Have Waited Too Long For Our Freedom”
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Castries, St. Lucia (1650- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Edythe Turnham and Her Knights of Syncopation, Seattle, 1925
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Race, Gender, Jazz & Local 493: Black Women Musicians in Seattle: 1920-1955
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From Slave to Litigant: African Americans in Court in the Post-Civil War South
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Agrippa Hull: Revolutionary Patriot
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Race and Color in A California Coastal Community: The Seaside Story

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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11/26/2021 – Executive Director – Seattle, Washington